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Double TPM programmable switches

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Saitek TPM

Saitek’s TPM Control Unit comes with 9 programmable toggle switches. However, FSX’s SETTINGS only recognizes their downward actions during BUTTONS/KEYS assignments. In other words, only 50% of TPM’s programmability are used.

To fully utilize the TPM:

Open Standard.XML under C:\Users\user name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Controls

Look for keyword “TPM System” inside the file

0 to 8 represent the 9 toggle switches

The key_command line represents the downward action of the toggle switch

To add an upward action, insert an key_command line with specific command under each switch (see example below)

When done, these new switches are now shown in SETTINGS’s Buttons/Keys assignment page

NOTE: These upward switch commands are all having a prefix of “^” in front of the button names.